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FAO Capture Production of Pleuronectes platessa (t)     n = 21
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Pleuronectes platessa
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8,058 7,793 8,521 10,591 11,627 12,003 9,973 12,336 15,386 14,416
Pleuronectes platessa
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 3 12 8 8 6 4
Pleuronectes platessa
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 46,447 37,802 36,252 30,555 35,229 42,732 41,097 37,049 32,442 30,804
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 224 353 533 582 457 362 453 324 409 523
Pleuronectes platessa
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,297 5,604 5,928 5,666 5,234 6,408 5,886 8,019 9,456 7,420
Pleuronectes platessa
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,764 3,673 3,726 2,505 2,558 2,931 2,287 2,125 2,647 5,393
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,145 3,840 6,303 8,552 11,334 14,446 12,700 11,162 14,040 11,299
Pleuronectes platessa
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,916 2,187 1,675 2,352 2,573 3,243 2,677 3,228 3,410 2,778
Pleuronectes platessa
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 20 27 12 11 11 26 12 9 12 13
Pleuronectes platessa
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 40,044 41,468 56,365 54,442 64,250 95,503 79,189 78,821 79,516 84,846
Pleuronectes platessa
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 765 656 651 882 1,183 750 638 364 441 899
Pleuronectes platessa
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 248 219 184
Pleuronectes platessa
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 659
Pleuronectes platessa
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 72 67 28 14 0 79 0 0 0 4
Pleuronectes platessa
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 504 487 444 540 743 748 484 634 543 500
Pleuronectes platessa
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,218 2,998 4,496 6,091 3,859 2,220 3,217 2,487 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 27,772 26,868 25,947 22,340 23,136 22,150 23,292 28,208 31,502 33,456
Total: 145,246 133,823 150,881 145,123 162,197 203,613 182,129 185,022 190,069 193,198

Note: If marine mammals and crocodiles are included in this list they are not accounted for in the Totals because they are reported in numbers and not in tonnes.

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